Speaker

Mr. Stephen Chia

Stephen Chia (Malaysian, age 56) has been tasked to develop and grow the NEM technology in SE Asia as NEM Regional Head. He is also a Council Member of the NEM.io Foundation Ltd. and Director of the NEM Blockchain Centre, the largest blockchain centre and blockchain co-working & entrepreneur hub in Asia located in Glo Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. He is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the areas of property & operations management, internet services ISP, trading and marketing. Having previously served in organisations like IBM, C.Itoh & Co. and Ernst&Young, he returned to Malaysia in 1990 and started his entrepreneurial journey. He was founder of WiNETworks and BizSurf, where it was awarded the exclusive 4G/WiMAX national licensed spectrum and wireless broadband ISP license. The business grew rapidly with the internet boom and was acquired in 2008 and is today the ISP YES network in Malaysia. In 2013, one of his startup company, ADAcode Systems received the APICTA Awards in IT innovation, and accorded the Prime Minister's "Best of the Best Award" and subsequently represented the country in the global APICTA awards competition in Brunei.  Together with his wife, they also built & completed a real-estate development project in Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur with a gross development value (GDV) of US$36m. Stephen holds an BBA in Business with an MBA in International Management from New York. He is an internet & technology enthusiast and likes discovering all things tech.